Jack in the Box Mini Churros

They’re a staple at carnivals, amusement parks, sports stadiums, movie theaters, Renaissance Fairs, Civil War battle reenactments, and underground cockfights. But now you can get them any time you want, without having to pay admission, dress up in clothing with poofy shoulders, or choose whether you’re a part of the Union or Confederacy, just as long as you have a Jack in the Box nearby.

The Jack in the Box Mini Churros are shaped like most churros — they look like something that comes out of a Play-Doh fun factory, except it doesn’t come in psychedelic colors that makes the hippies say “whoa” and the little kiddies scream. You can get them in either five or ten bite-sized pieces. I purchased the five-piece one, which was reasonably priced and, when combined, seemed to equal a regular-length churro.

The churros may look like shorter versions of the ones you eat after flashing your boobs on Disneyland’s Splash Mountain, but instead of the traditional sprinkling of the sugar and cinnamon on the churro, the mini churros are injected with a cinnamon and sugar filling.

The cinnamon and sugar on a regular churro you got after taking a spin on the gravity machine at the county fair is there to cover the greasy taste of the fried dough, but the cinnamon and sugar filling in the Jack in the Box Mini Churros wasn’t very successful with masking the oily taste. There’s a hint of cinnamon and sugar, but since it appears everything was dipped in oil, the sweet flavors hardly survived after being fried. The only good thing about them being fried is that they’re crunchy, but then again, everything that’s fried is crunchy.

It’s hard to believe it’s taken this long for one of the big fast food chains to deliver their own version of the deep-fried pastry, after all if there’s any group that’s known for their deep-frying, it’s fast food chains…and people with really crispy turkeys on Thanksgiving. I’m surprised Taco Bell didn’t come out with a churro before everyone else, since they’re number one in fake-Mexican fast food. Yes, I know they have cinnamon twists, but why don’t call them churros? Maybe churros are just too authentic for them.

Since I didn’t really care for the Jack in the Box Mini Churros, I guess I must continue getting my deep-fried cinnamon and sugar pastries at underground cockfights. I just hope I don’t say the wrong password before I enter.

Item: Jack in the Box Mini ChurrosPrice: $1.49 ($1.00 in the rest of the US)Size: 5 piecesPurchased at: Jack in the BoxRating: 3 out of 10Pros: Reasonably priced. Crunchy. Bite-sized. Play-Doh.Cons: Greasy-tasting. Not very sugary or cinnamon-y. Sugar and cinnamon are injected in filling form, instead of being sprinkled on. Getting churros at underground cockfights. Saying the wrong password at a cockfight.

Churros are the first thing I go looking for when I visit Cali, and I also like to hit up JITB (but In And Out Burgers are FIRST!), but I think I can skip these thingies. They don’t even look like the real thing!

Taco Bell used to have churros back in the early 90’s. Maybe it was a regional thing, though (central California). I remember it because a lot of people would ask for “chorro,” which is Spanish slang for diarrhea.

You know it’s bad when you can’t recognize what a food is supposed to be. At first glance I thought they were a bigger version of those fried macaroni things. I live in California where Churros are abundant, so it’s not even because I’d never seen one before. Oops!

When I was in high school, I worked at Arby’s, and one of the managers loved to deep fry the turnovers (calorific to begin with, a heart attack if deep fried for the 10 required minutes) and put shake mix on top. I tried a bite, and it was fantastic and horrifying all at once.

yeah, i remember churros at taco bell when i was a kid. however, even if they still had them, i wouldn’t order them, as taco bell offers too many other tasty items that pleasure my tongue more than grease and cinnamon/sugar

i suppose i’m not a sweets person, but desserts at fast food joints (not including shakes) seem superfluous.

I created a company called Florida Churros Company about 3 years ago. I invested over $80,000 to purchase all the equipment, create the perfect Churro recipe and open a test store in a mall in Oviedo, Florida to prove that the business model worked. I am now ready to open up a new location in Texas or California but with the banks not willing to lend money to anyone regardless of credit history I was thinking of selling company stock to come up with the needed money to open the new location.

Since people on this blog know what a good Churro should taste like, I was wondering if you could give me feedback on the best way to advertise and sell my company stock. Would this type of format work? Would you buy shares of a great Churro business?